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Welcome to South Central Iowa Community Action Program

We provide a variety of programs to assist families with different needs. Our trained staff work with families to help them overcome everyday problems with food, housing, money management, education, and employment, so that they may achieve self-sufficiency.

Our Mission

                 SCICAP empowers individuals and families with services to become self-sufficient and contribute positively to their communities.

Our Services

In Search of 1 Director for Governing Board

The SCICAP Governing Board of Directors has a vacant seat for a Lucas County Low-Income Representative.  The Low-Income board director must be recruited from persons receiving services from SCICAP including Head Start parents and must reside in Lucas County. Persons who agree to run for election for this position will have their names put on the ballot. Ballots will be placed at the Lucas County Outreach office as well as the Lucas Head Start center for low-income participants to vote. Ballots are cast for a one-week period. At the end of the voting period, the county outreach coordinator will collect and count the ballots. The person obtaining the most votes is elected as the representative to the SCICAP governing board of directors.  Please contact Brenda at 641-774-8133 ext. 223 if you would like to have your name added to the ballot.

Head Start Preschool Sign Up! 

We are excited to be accepting new children in to our full day 3 and 4 year old Head Start Preschool Programs and Early Head Start Programs in all five counties! 

Our Early Head Start Program serves pregnant moms, infants and toddlers up to age 3.  We offer a home based visitation option and a center based Monday thru Friday program in Leon.

Click HERE to apply! NO COST to qualifying families!

Call 641-774-8133 EXT 238 to learn more!

 

 

Customer Needs Assessment

 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23-24CustomerSurvey

The Community Action Network is conducting a study of the needs individuals and families may be experiencing in their lives. Information for the study will be collected by surveying our customers. The results will be considered by SCICAP for planning, developing, and delivering agency programs and services to the people that reside in our neighborhoods and communities. All replies are anonymous and will be treated confidentially. To complete the survey, you can scan the QR code or click the link. Thank you for participating. Your feedback is very valuable to us.

Online Energy Assistance Application

Click here to apply!

Want to learn more?

Whatever your emergency please contact us by calling or using the Contact Us form.

 

2024 Scheduled Holidays and Closings

Monday, February 19 President’s Day

Monday, May 27 Memorial Day

Thursday, July 4 Independence Day

Monday, September 2 Labor Day

Monday, November 11 Veterans Day

Thursday, November 28 Thanksgiving Holiday

Friday, November 29 Thanksgiving Holiday

Tuesday, December 24 Christmas Eve 

Wednesday, December 25 Christmas Day 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025, New Year’s Day 

 
 

 Nondiscrimination Statement:

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

  1. mail:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
  2. fax:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. email:
    Program.Intake@usda.gov

 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

To learn more click here or visit https://educateiowa.gov/pk-12/nutrition-programs.